Diane, some of us started this weighing of produce last year, a bit of a contest at the time. I kept it up this year, just to compare, but I really think I'll not continue next year. It's really a pain to try to remember and record everything daily! I only have a scale that weighs up to five pounds, so it can get very time consuming. I left my digital scale outside last week, and it got rained on and died :-(

Really, I was using the bathroom scale to weigh baskets of tomatoes, squash, etc., and now I have to weigh them 4 pounds at a time. The kitchen scale actually only goes up to 4lb. 8 oz. I'll try a new battery in the scale. I can't believe a bit of dampness could kill it.

Holy smokes, and I thought your peppers were large, just look at those tomatoes.:) In your previous post you mentioned that some of your tomatoes were not as flavorful as last seasons...ours too, it must be a weather thing.

Mr. H., I'm assuming you have some Brandywines. I grew Sudduth's Strain from Dan, and I have saved seeds if you need them. They are by far my best tomato, and my yields are really pretty good with them.

I found most of the tomatoes to have a rather watery taste this year, with very little sweetness. They were rather bland. I can only blame the weather, because I grew them just the same as I always do. I'm almost glad to hear yours were the same, I was beginning to think my taste buds were getting old like the rest of me! I'd hate for that to happen.

Dan, those are the SS Brandywines from seed you sent. They were just a bit under ripe when I picked them this week. We got a dip into the forties at night, so I brought a few inside to ripen. Now the temps are back into the fifties at night again. They have been my favorite tomato this year. There might also be some smaller Eva Purple Ball in there with the Brandywines.

Awesome haul of Brandywine tomatoes! I adore that variety but can no longer grow them. They are just too late maturing for my mild climate/growing region. I have to make myself stick to the early maturing (smaller) tomatoes and even at that am at great risk of no harvest in any given year. Oh well, I can enjoy looking at your tomato bounty.

Oh beautiful harvests! Do you expect to eat year round from your summer garden? Over 800 lbs. is indeed a lot for two people, but distributed over the whole winter may be just the right amount for you two and your guests.

I've never weighted my harvests, I kind of count by volume how many meals I get out of them, but following the totals of those of you who do weigh has been fascinating. Thanks a lot for taking the time to do it.

Angela, we're still eating from my 2009 garden! I grow way too much for the two of us, but my children and my neighbor take most of the excess. Last year I canned enough pickles, relish and sweet chili sauce to last us for 2-3 years. The canned tomatoes go pretty fast. This year I put up a lot of tomato juice, but I can always use that in soups and stews. We don't take a lot of the canned food to Arizona with us, so it doesn't get used up as quickly as it would if we were here in WA all year.

Daphne, we were hoping not to go at all. we put our place up for sale last year, but so far no sale. We were thinking of waiting until after the holidays, but got to worrying about our irrigation timer. Plus we need to get down and get the spring/summer weeds cleaned up and HOPE it sells.

Between all those tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, beans and peppers, I would never know that the summer was over! Sorry to hear about your digital scale going kaput in the rain, although it does sound like a good excuse for not being able to weigh oneself. :-)